An Efficient Broadcast Algorithm in Multi-hop Relay MANETs

A MANET comprises of nodes with wireless radio interface is multi-hop network environment in which packets are transmitted from one to another node via intermediate nodes within range. To find an effective and an efficient routing protocol, which is used to transmit information from source to destination across whole network topology, is a major issue in networking research. Flexible and distributed MANETs are robust and rapidly deployable/reconfigurable, so they are highly appealing for a lot critical applications, like deep space communication, disaster relief, battlefield communication, outdoor mining, etc. This paper presents different broadcasting schemes that are analyzed on the basis of certain parameters such as end-to-end delay, MAC retransmission rate, data transmission energy and packet delivery ratio. As these techniques are not yet close to achieve optimal performance, a Multi-hop relay algorithm is suggested to get better performance.